Workshop A – Patents Around the World Working Group: How to Execute a Cohesive International Patent Prosecution Strategy

Speakers

What is it about?

(Registration begins at 8:00 – Continental Breakfast will be served)

In this session, leading patent practitioners will provide you with a comprehensive and in-depth global IP overview to assist you in protecting your IP and minimizing risk when filing patents internationally. Benefit from our session leaders in-depth analysis of patent laws around the world on a region-by-region basis.

Topics to be discussed include:

Comparing and contrasting the standards of patentability and related issues in the US and Europe

Patent eligibility

Availability of patent extensions – PTEs and SPCs

Compulsory licensing

Bolar-type safe harbor provisions

Plausibility and Enablement

Inventive Step and Obviousness

Procuring and enforcing life sciences patents worldwide on a cost-effective basis

Timing and logistics of filing: When to file to maximize exclusivity and what are the expected costs?

Determining the locations where it is most and least important to have patent protection in place

Drafting applications that satisfy the requirements of different locations

Coordinating between lawyers on the ground internationally and with your U.S. teams

Spotlight on the EU

How will Brexit impact Life Sciences companies

How will the establishment of a Unified Patent Court impact life sciences IP strategies?

How will the Court work?

What actions should companies take now to prepare for implementation?

EU Trade Secret Directive and its implementation in 2018 and 2019

EU trend on subgroup patents

What are the possibilities for an SPC for subgroup patents and new indications following the recent CJEU SPC decision in the Abraxis case?

Luncheon will be served at 12:30 pm for attendees participating in both Workshops A and B